Molly is a mix of many people, women all, but with some parts that may apply to men as well, in some regards. Vulnerable people all, survival is their only aim in life, and it’s hard to do sometimes. Life hits you, knocks you down, over and over again. Surviving all of that means there isn’t much space in your life to do anything over and above mere survival.
This is Molly. She has been working hard.
Every single day, she works hard.
Living & breathing, both of these are hard
to do for people like Molly. She doesn’t
even think about doing anything more
than just living – being alive and breathing.
Molly doesn’t have the energy to smile,
to smile means there is something you are
happy about. Molly can’t see anything in life
to be happy about.
Molly hasn’t lost hope, Molly never had any.
Never assume you know what a person is going through in their life, some of them might be like Molly, and it is hard work just to live and breathe.
If you are doing it tough in life, there are people and organisations who can help you. Don’t be afraid to ask for help, you deserve it.
We all have wants and needs, we all deserve to have at least our needs met. Food, shelter, care from others. All are vital to live a good life, and the opportunities to have wants met too, we deserve the chance to have some of those met too. Having options in life is how we can find our best way to live, but people like Molly don’t even realise they have any options beyond merely breathing, and sometimes even that can be difficult.
If you know someone like Molly, why not have a chat with them, who knows what might happen. Good things can begin with a simple sit and chat. If you do it, maybe one day Molly and people like her may smile.
Carolyn Cordon - Creative 
Excellent reminder that we really don’t know what others are going through without actually talking to them!
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Thank you Marie. I am well aware that if you talk to a group of women, you will find women who have suffered from some form of abuse, more often from men, but sometimes from other women. Abuse takes many forms, from being hit, to sexual abuse, emotional abuse, financial abuse. None of these things are easy to live with, and ‘get over’ and often the damage done can stay with a person for all of their life.
Issues such as trust, self-esteem, and self-validation, these are all damaged when we suffer from abuse. Recovery from these things is a multi-layered thing, and just because external bruises have faded, that doesn’t mean a person is ‘over it’.
Molly is standing in for me, for the woman down the road, the shop assistant who sold me my dress last month, for every woman who has been abused. Molly is on a journey through her life of abuse, and there is no telling how her life may end up, or whether she will ever be able to smile.
I hope she does, but there are no guarantees.
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